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May 22, 2018 Logan NyeWe Are the Mighty Among the fighters that allowed America to win World War II, the P-38 Lightning was uniquely successful and was dubbed the "fork-tailed Devil" by the Germans even though its greatest successes came in the Pacific, Mediterranean, and North African theaters.

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Fork-tailed Devil - Warfare History Network Fork-tailed Devil The Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter gained a fearsome reputation in both the European and Pacific theaters. This article appears in: April 2022 By David H. Lippman Technically and visibly, it was unique among World War II fighters.

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Fork-Tailed Devil: The P-38. One of America's greatest military aviation historians relates the astonishing—and true—story of the only American warplane to fight in every operational theater in World War II from Pearl Harbor to Alaska and North Africa to Northern Europe. "One of the greatest tests of its capabilities took place in mid.

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Life, 1943: "Into that camp [in Tunesia] the military police brought a disheveled German flier who was mumbling hysterically and repeating something about 'der Gabelschwanz Teufel'. An interpreter was called, and he had the translation quickly: 'the fork-tailed devil'. The German was talking about the P-38." Also Popular Science, 1943:

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Takes quite a guy to get two Purple Hearts flying an airplane that doesn't have any weapons. He's the kind of person that won that war. 06-14-2009, 08:09 PM North Beach Person Location: On the Chesapeake 43,487 posts, read 57,790,057 times Reputation: 58887 It was a detachment of P-38s that tracked down and shot down the plane Adm. Yamamoto was in.

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The P-38 would earn its nickname in April 1943. Some 26 P-38Fs of the 82nd Fighter Squadron shot down 31 enemy aircraft on April 5th, establishing air superiority in that region of Africa and the German's went on to nickname the P-38 "de Gabelschwanz Teufel" - the Fork-tailed Devil. The P-38 would also serve in the Pacific theater of.

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Fork-Tailed Devil; The P-38 Martin Caidin 4.21 406 ratings17 reviews One of America's greatest military aviation historians relates the astonishing--and true--story of the only American warplane to fight in every operational theater in World War II from Pearl Harbor to Alaska and North Africa to Northern Europe.

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#1 P38 Pilot Tech Sergeant 1,534 6 Jun 19, 2005 Auburn,Alabama; USA The Lockheed P-38 Lightning became an important fighter of the Second World War, providing air support, bomber escort and interception capabilities. It earned its value through its long-range capabilities.

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This is Jack Croul's P-38L flying a demonstration at the Palm Springs Air Museum, California. This aircraft is based at Chino, California. The P-38 was somet.

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Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an American single-seat, twin piston-engined fighter aircraft that was used during World War II. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) by the , the P-38 incorporated a distinctive design with a central and armament.

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One of America's greatest military aviation historians relates the astonishing--and true--story of the only American warplane to fight in every operational theater in World War II from Pearl Harbor to Alaska and North Africa to Northern Europe.